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Amazon.com sold more Kindle books than physical books not quite the tipping point, but a significant milestone has been reached. Keep in mind that Amazon already sells more books than any other retailer. Good to know that I am on the leading edge of a trend.

I have been fascinated with Jigsaw puzzles, but I had never tried one with 1000 pieces. My sister-in-law's husband was coming back from Cambridge this past weekend, so I ordered London Looking North - 1,000 Piece Jigsaw , so that he could carry it back for me. It is really tough. I am just about figuring out the outer edge (simpler because of the straight edge) with some bits towards the center. This is what it looks in the product shot. Hopefully i should be done with it in a week or so... Lets see how it goes.

Please note: Amazon has released new versions of the Kindle. For prices and features, please go to Prices in India of New Kindles 3G+WiFi and WiFi editions Original Post: My wife decided that she needed to gift me a Kindle for our anniversary. I asked a colleague, if her husband (who was traveling to the US) could carry back one. He couldn't, because of an erratic travel schedule. So we decided to order one right here directly since Amazon was kind enough to open up direct shipping to India. So we ordered on a Tuesday evening (India Time) and Amazon being Amazon shipped the device straight away on the same day itself. I very eagerly tracked the package using the DHL sites (yes, I used three different DHL sites, US, UK and India. They give different info when the package is in that respective country) and in three days flat it was here across the seven seas at Delhi airport. Only I was in Noida which is an interstate delivery for DHL. Which meant that I had to fill out an ar...

My father over the several decades of service had accumulated boxes upon boxes of slides from his many postings all over the country. He retired recently and was cleaning out the attic (so to speak) and he promptly dumped a trunk full of slides. I had an immediate thought. I should scan them and keep them digitally. Good Thought! only, I have several hundred slides. Who has the time. Next thought. Can I pay someone to do it for me. Sure enough, a quick internet search later, I found a slide scanning service called Slide Scanning Pros. prices are not too expensive at 26 cents a slide. There is a cheaper option at 18 cents, if you are willing to make corrections yourself. Which is a good idea, if you want to handle a specific set yourself.

I have been reading up on healthy living the past few days and running through the health sections of the big name news brands like New York Times , The Australian , Washington Post , and several others. While the coverage is pretty comprehensive. It always seems to be missing a personal touch. That’s when I ran across this health blog . The first post currently is on Insomnia remedy, something my brother and I desperately  need help with. The tips seem to be helpful, remains to be seen if they work. Health as a topic has a lot of coverage, but for some reason most dedicated websites try to be all and end all of health content and as a result mess up the whole affair.

I have had a fascination with cooking for quite a while. Even though I have never cooked on a day to day basis (that's handled by the maid). I still cook on the weekends. I was looking for new recipes to try and lucked across this health forum called Natural Medicine Talk. user contributed recipes for sure. But some interesting stuff. for e.g. Tomato/Dill Soup or Chickpea Salad . Otherwise an interesting forum to go through. Good tips by users on healthy eating and living. Some really knowledgeable people talking about things like advisability of taking vitamin supplements etc. Other sections on the site include Men’s Health, Women’s Health and several more.

Cover pages of prominent Indian newspapers covering Slumdog Millionaire’s Oscar win. Times of India – ho hum… Indian Express – Looks much better on paper Hindustan Times - Very nice... DNA – Yawn The Hindu – They know how to spell Conservative Mail Today Economic Times – I wonder why are they so excited